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Can You Go to Jail For Not Paying Child Support?

July 7th, 2009 · 83 Comments · Consumer Info, Debt Collection, Legal Stuff

One blog post which seems to be causing a lot of controversy going to jail if you don’t pay on a debt. One of our commentors said you could definitely do time for defaulting on child support, so we thought we’d investigate a little further on this topic. A brief Google search yielded many hits [...]

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Can You Go to Jail For Not Paying a Debt?

June 24th, 2009 · 24 Comments · Consumer Debt

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said or written that you can’t go to jail over a debt. In general, no, there are no debtor’s prisons in the U.S. But a little article on debtor abuse in the Boston Globe (please stay alive, OK?) made me sit up and take notice. Apparently, there [...]

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